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Bezig met laden... Bone Dry: A Soul Shamans Novel (Volume 1) (editie 2015)door Cady Vance (Auteur)
Informatie over het werkBone Dry: A Soul Shamans Novel (Volume 1) door Cady Vance
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Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Soul Shamans (book 1)
Sometimes it isn't as easy as choosing right or wrong.Sixteen-year-old Holly Bennett is a comic book nerd, a con artist, and a shaman. Most days Holly wishes she could trade in her power of spirit communication for something more useful--like fireballs or Wolverine claws. She knows spirits aren't exactly Casper the Friendly Ghosts. They're dangerous beings from Lower World who snack on human life, and messing with the magic from their world is an express ticket to big trouble. But when a shaman sticks her mom's mind between their world and ours, Holly becomes the unexpected breadwinner in the family. She uses her burgeoning shaman powers to set up fake hauntings and "banish" the so-called ghosts from her wealthy classmates' bedrooms. For a fee, of course.When actual spirits start manifesting, Holly discovers that other shamans have come to town, summoning life-sucking spirits for their own ends. And the newcomers may just hold the clue Holly's been looking for--the one that can release her mom's mind from its Lower World prison. With the help of both a cute web comic artist and her partner-in-con, Holly plots to take them down, throwing her into a whirlwind of speedboat getaways, breaking and entering, and astral projections into the spirit world. And as her mom's mind slips further away, Holly has to fight to save her, and the rest of the town, before they get sucked into Lower World permanently. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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I really loved the premise of this book and was really intrigued with the Shamanism theme so when I won this copy I was really excited.
I wish I could say I thoroughly enjoyed it but there were a few aspects of this book I found difficult to connect with and enjoy. I found the story a little rushed or drawn out in the wrong places when I either wanted more information or less. I never really connected with any of the characters which made it hard to emotionally connect to the book either.
The underlying romance in the book between Holly and Nathan seemed forced and only present to be able to tick the love interest box.
The villains were intimidating and violent but then they just failed to stick with that when they just let them go. They were all talk no action and I never really felt the main character was in much danger even when she seemed to forget or ignore her new found "Intuition".
The main character, Holly, didn't want to do anything alone so drags in the two people she loves the most and literally shoves them into life/death situations over and over but it's all to save her mom so it's all rightly moralistic right?! Hmmm...
There's a presence of naïvity throughout the book and some of the situations and outcomes are just a little too far fetched for me and I'm usually a huge fan of supernatural themes.
Overall I found the book a little too predictable, hard to connect to or believe, a little repetitive in places, a few continuity errors but the author does have a nice writing style and is suited to the YA audience :)
2.5 stars from me
*This review is purely my opinion and just a reflection on my overall reaction to the book :)* (